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• Dechert submits answer in bias suit by former associate, denies 'macho' culture
• High associate leverage is out; non-equity partners are in
• Jones Day leads the pack in U.S.-based attorneys
• THE 2011 APPELLATE HOT LIST
• China: The 'fastest growing legal market in the world'
• Clement departs King & Spalding after DOMA withdrawal
• Six litigators leave Mintz Levin to form IP boutique
• Fisher & Phillips acquires Cleveland labor shop
• Putting the part-time pieces together
• Carlton Fields entitled to be paid by convicted murderer
• State Bar drops complaint against Dole plaintiffs' attorney
• Federal Circuit sanctions lawyer for improper confidentiality markings in briefs
• Malpractice suit revived against Armstrong Teasdale
• Taking an objective measure of firms that promote women
• Ice Miller sued over alleged disability insurance error
• Cuban prisoner released, with pro bono help from two U.S. firms

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Dechert submits answer in bias suit by former associate, denies 'macho' culture	Top
Dechert has filed an answer in a lawsuit against the firm brought by a former Boston associate who claims he was illegally fired him in retaliation for using FMLA time to care for his children and mentally ill wife.
High associate leverage is out; non-equity partners are in	Top
Conventional wisdom at law firms holds that higher leverage means higher profits. It's unsurprising, then, that the "white shoe" firms reported the highest associate leverage among firms on the NLJ 250 — The National Law Journal's list the largest U.S.-based firms by attorney headcount.
Jones Day leads the pack in U.S.-based attorneys	Top
With 3,738 lawyers in 43 offices, Baker & McKenzie once again topped the NLJ 250--The National Law Journal's list of the largest 250 U.S.-based firms by attorney headcount.
THE 2011 APPELLATE HOT LIST	Top
Our annual Appellate Hot List recognizes firms that made exemplary contributions to appellate practice during the past year. We asked our readers to nominate firms with at least one significant appellate victory since January 2010 and that had demonstrated an impressive track record overall.
China: The 'fastest growing legal market in the world'	Top
China was the second most-popular foreign location for large U.S.-law firms during 2010. According to the latest NLJ 250, 70 firms maintained offices in China and had posted 2,055 lawyers there.
Clement departs King & Spalding after DOMA withdrawal	Top
King & Spalding announced Monday that it would no longer represent congressional Republicans in lawsuits over same-sex marriage, winning applause from gay-rights advocates while costing the firm its chief appellate lawyer, Paul Clement, who resigned in protest.
Six litigators leave Mintz Levin to form IP boutique	Top
Six intellectual property litigators have left Boston's Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo to form a Massachusetts intellectual property litigation boutique.
Fisher & Phillips acquires Cleveland labor shop	Top
Fisher & Phillips has opened its 25th office by absorbing Cleveland labor and employment boutique Millisor + Nobil.
Putting the part-time pieces together	Top
We speak with the co-author of Flex Success: The Lawyer's Guide to Balanced Hours about avoiding the obstacles of working reduced hours.
Carlton Fields entitled to be paid by convicted murderer	Top
A Florida appeals court has found that Carlton Fields did not violate the rules of fair play when it represented a Florida multimillionaire convicted of plotting with his brother to kill his wife.
State Bar drops complaint against Dole plaintiffs' attorney	Top
The State Bar of California has closed its investigation of Juan Dominguez, the lawyer at the center of a judge's finding that fraud tainted a lawsuit brought against Dole Food Co. on behalf of Nicaraguans who worked on its banana plantations.
Federal Circuit sanctions lawyer for improper confidentiality markings in briefs	Top
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has sanctioned Katten Muchin Rosenman partner Daniel Shapiro with a $1,000 fine for the "extensive use of improper confidentiality markings."
Malpractice suit revived against Armstrong Teasdale	Top
A federal appeals court has revived a legal malpractice lawsuit brought against Armstrong Teasdale by a former client who claims that the law firm had a conflict of interest when it represented him in developing a technology company.
Taking an objective measure of firms that promote women	Top
There's no shortage of advocacy organizations that evaluate law firms for the flexibility of their work policies and success in advancing and retaining women, but a new effort is underway to objectively identify the firms with strong records of women in leadership positions.
Ice Miller sued over alleged disability insurance error	Top
A former attorney at Ice Miller who was severely injured in a motorcycle crash has sued the law firm for allegedly botching the administration of his long-term disability payments.
Cuban prisoner released, with pro bono help from two U.S. firms	Top
Six years of "back channel work" by lawyers from Sidley Austin and Hogan Lovells finally paid off earlier this month, when the Cuban government released a human rights activist from prison after more than eight years behind bars, often in solitary confinement.

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